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cloak-and-dagger

cloak-and-dagger

English

Adjective

cloak-and-dagger

  1. Marked by menacing furtive secrecy, often with a melodramatic tint or espionage involved.
    Israel wages cloak-and-dagger war on Iran — headline, The Age, February 18, 2009 by Philip Sherwell and Dina Kraft

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  • See also Wikisaurus:covert

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